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Heyward bought DIC in 1987 when Chalopin and Bianchi left, moving all operations to America. Chalopin turned what was left of the French arm into a new animation company, [[Créativité & Développement (France)|Créativité & Développement]]. DIC was turned into a limited partnership with Capital Cities/ABC (now "[[ABC National IDs|ABC, Inc.]]") in 1993 and [[The Walt Disney Company]] in 1996, until Andy Heyward reacquired the company from Disney in 2000 with an investment by Bain Capital. | Heyward bought DIC in 1987 when Chalopin and Bianchi left, moving all operations to America. Chalopin turned what was left of the French arm into a new animation company, [[Créativité & Développement (France)|Créativité & Développement]]. DIC was turned into a limited partnership with Capital Cities/ABC (now "[[ABC National IDs|ABC, Inc.]]") in 1993 and [[The Walt Disney Company]] in 1996, until Andy Heyward reacquired the company from Disney in 2000 with an investment by Bain Capital. | ||
On July 23, 2008, DIC was acquired by [[Cookie Jar Entertainment (Canada)|Cookie Jar Entertainment]] and became a wholly-owned subsidiary. Months later, Cookie Jar decided to take over and the studio was folded into Cookie Jar (later "DHX Media", now "[[WildBrain (Canada)|WildBrain]]"). Currently, most of the DIC library is owned by WildBrain after its acquisition of Cookie Jar Entertainment, with the following exceptions: ''The Real Ghostbusters'', ''Dinosaucers'', ''Stunt Dawgs'', ''The Karate Kid'', and ''Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling'' (owned by [[Sony Pictures Television]]), ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'' (the first three seasons were produced by DIC and the remainder of the series was produced by [[Hanna-Barbera Cartoons|Hanna-Barbera]]; the series is owned by [[Warner Bros. Entertainment]] via [[Turner Entertainment Co.]]), ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' (owned by [[Bagdasarian Productions]]), ''ALF: The Animated Series'' and ''ALF Tales'' (owned by [[Alien Productions]]; the holding company for the ''ALF'' franchise with distribution rights handled by [[Shout! Factory]]), the 1989 adaptation of ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' (owned by [[Hasbro]] via [[Entertainment One (Canada)|Entertainment One]]), ''Kissyfur'' (owned by [[NBCUniversal Television|NBCUniversal Syndication Studios]]), ''Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater'' and ''Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures'' (owned by [[MGM Television]]), ''Where's Wally?'' (known as ''Where's Waldo?'' in the US; owned by [[Mattel Creations]] via [[HiT Entertainment (UK)|HiT Entertainment]]), ''Sailor Moon'' (owned by [[Toei Animation | On July 23, 2008, DIC was acquired by [[Cookie Jar Entertainment (Canada)|Cookie Jar Entertainment]] and became a wholly-owned subsidiary. Months later, Cookie Jar decided to take over and the studio was folded into Cookie Jar (later "DHX Media", now "[[WildBrain (Canada)|WildBrain]]"). Currently, most of the DIC library is owned by WildBrain after its acquisition of Cookie Jar Entertainment, with the following exceptions: ''The Real Ghostbusters'', ''Dinosaucers'', ''Stunt Dawgs'', ''The Karate Kid'', and ''Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling'' (owned by [[Sony Pictures Television]]), ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'' (the first three seasons were produced by DIC and the remainder of the series was produced by [[Hanna-Barbera Cartoons|Hanna-Barbera]]; the series is owned by [[Warner Bros. Entertainment]] via [[Turner Entertainment Co.]]), ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' (owned by [[Bagdasarian Productions]]), ''ALF: The Animated Series'' and ''ALF Tales'' (owned by [[Alien Productions]]; the holding company for the ''ALF'' franchise with distribution rights handled by [[Shout! Factory]]), the 1989 adaptation of ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' (owned by [[Hasbro]] via [[Entertainment One (Canada)|Entertainment One]]), ''Kissyfur'' (owned by [[NBCUniversal Television|NBCUniversal Syndication Studios]]), ''Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater'' and ''Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures'' (owned by [[MGM Television]]), ''Where's Wally?'' (known as ''Where's Waldo?'' in the US; owned by [[Mattel Creations]] via [[HiT Entertainment (UK)|HiT Entertainment]]), ''Sailor Moon'' (owned by [[Toei Animation|Toei Animation]]; current license lies with [[Viz Media|Viz Media]]), and ''Camp Candy'' (the first two seasons were produced by DIC and the third season was produced by [[Saban Entertainment]]), ''Meet the Deedles'', ''Genius'', and the 1999 live-action ''Inspector Gadget'' movie and its sequel (both owned by The Walt Disney Company). | ||
===1st Logo (1980 (in-credit version)-December 4, 1982, September 12, 1983-July 18, 1987)=== | ===1st Logo (1980 (in-credit version)-December 4, 1982, September 12, 1983-July 18, 1987)=== | ||
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'''Trivia:''' As detailed above, it was thought for many years that this was the first DiC logo, as it was not widely known that this logo did not appear on all season one episodes of ''Inspector Gadget''. | '''Trivia:''' As detailed above, it was thought for many years that this was the first DiC logo, as it was not widely known that this logo did not appear on all season one episodes of ''Inspector Gadget''. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' The character animations, done by [[TMS Entertainment | '''FX/SFX:''' The character animations, done by [[TMS Entertainment|TMS Entertainment]]. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' | '''Music/Sounds:''' | ||